ENEA

Working for the ITER project has a considerable positive side. For one, I don't have to be worried on whether the project is going to be funded. So in principle that means I'll be ok. There is a quite big amount of physics I am learning. Everything is accompanied by the fact that I can do things hands-on, since I am also doing experiments. The guy i am working with, who is my guide through this new route, is nice. So right now i am enjoying my stay here. It has been only a week, but positive. The bad side, which I am hoping, i'll get used to, is that i have to get up at 7 am, get out at 8:15 and deal with Rome traffic. Actually, despite living close to downtown, it takes not that much to get to the GRA. I think I am finding my way around that, but if i had a bazooka I would likely kill a few belonging to the human specie called "Romans on cars". The ride can be quite nice actually, through the countryside and especially now, since the weather is always fantastic. It's a little bit like going from Santa Fe' to Los Alamos, although the scene is completely different, but i am trying to keep the same laid back spirit.